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0OalNd THE ouEsN'g ReIaNI

ssRgiand HAS Had FiftepE FoneIga WaRs
Unaer yictorlA'a Tguie,
Now, how many wars have we bad
during the queen reilng We have had
war in New Zealand, and one Of tho
officers engaged IN that war was obliged
10 admit that the New Eealanders were
stitifeis right and we entirely wrong.
We have had three wars with Chime, We
had Zulu war not long ago, mRde abao-
hitely BY man without amy orders from
This country, man who progesSed to be
tealiy Influenced hy the Ghristian faith
and religion. That cost ms great many
English lives, and We destroyed the EulN
nation, al the same time bringing con-
fusion into South Africa We have had
. Scind war, in which one ~ the Nap
piers was concerned, war for which he
had nes the slightest justification or in
slructssn from this country. Then there
was the great Gikh war, hy which The
Punjanb was annexed TO the English do
ninion in India. There were also two
Afghan wars, fox which there was not q
particle Of justification, ia one Of which q
whole English army was destroyed. Then
we have had three Burmese wars, the
second Of which, / recallect. was got up
on pretences absolutely fraudulent and
scandalous. Then we come to the CyEinlean
war, the really big war Of Our time,
though it did not last very long. But as.
10 its severity, and the mortality caused
BIZ il, no man Is able 10 make an accurate
computation.
A lsooh written by q French general
who recenlly visited the Criniea, IN con-
hection with the cemeteries there, esti-
mated that elle bodies Of ESQ, 600 men are
thGrU. I belieyeth Russians alone buried
more than 100, 600 on the north sido u
Seyastopol. Kingl;ike ia his history esti-
mates that 900, 900 men lost their lives
IN that struggle, number about equal
10 every adult man in the vast city Of
London.
and what were an these lives sacgi-
feed f0rS Absolutely nothing whatever,
because the only apparent result wag q
slight limitation put upon the Russian
government with regard 70 its future
Aeet in the Black sea, and that was sur
rendered the memenS the FTnncO-eier
man war broke tSlt II VAS not war, be-
cause war was never declared, but we
Sssase war, notwithstanding, on coun-
Or 'Sith which we were not0gi0usly and
P eddy at peace. Tie bombartlmsnt
Of Alexandria isa sort Of peace which the
public OF this country hsgve not been en-
thusiastic about. Then followed the war
in the Soudan, during which, &C the
lowest calculation, from 40, 600 to 50, 900
lives wers lost
I once proposed that the foreign Office
should be burned down, and il would ka
a very good thing Il all lis treaties were
burned with ii Conceive tho cost Of The
WARS thai have occurred during the reign
u the queen. Go hack further TO the
beginning Of what we call oar parlia-
mentary and constitutional system ia the
reign o. William III and you win find
that without one single exception they
were absolutely unnecessary, and chat
The only result they have produced Is an
enormous national debt, which from that
time 10 this has been extracted from the
labor and the Eweat Of millions of men
In shis country, but which should have
feEhained with them for the sgIssenance
and comfort Of themselves and their fam-
flie1
Fifteen wars in a fifty years reign Of q
profeSediy peace lowing and tender
hearted queen are hardly among the
blessings for which jrS,ilee thanks wiz
Be returned. Boston Globe.